Chapter 750 - 769: A Sudden Change on the Insect Race Battlefield
Chapter 750: Chapter 769: A Sudden Change on the Insect Race Battlefield
But this year, the weather had turned cold.
The Pole was frigid. The soldiers’ bodies and nerves grew sluggish, but the Insect Race showed no signs of slowing down.
The insectoid swarms...
One wave had receded earlier, leading them to believe things were returning to normal. But that turned out to be a fluke. The swarms that followed came with their usual frequency, not missing a single one.
If the frequency didn’t decrease, and the swarms kept coming one after another, it meant the war was far from over.
Some of the details were classified, so Mo Si couldn’t elaborate. He could only tell Qiuqiu, "I probably won’t be done here until after you get back from your volunteer clinic."
"Is that so?"
’That’s not right.’
When she had searched the Star Network before, it clearly said that for the past twenty-plus years, the commanders always returned at the end of August.
This year—
She didn’t know what had happened, but it couldn’t be anything good.
Jiang Qiuqiu was a little worried. "You have to be safe, then."
"I’m very safe. Having you in my heart makes me all the more careful."
"What about you? How is your dual-discipline training going?"
"It’s going well! Once I got the rhythm down, it hasn’t felt tiring. I adjusted my goals for both sides, using one form of training to support the other. My spiritual power resists the pressure, and the pressure strengthens my spiritual power. I’m making progress in both."
She summed up the characteristics of her spiritual power in a few sentences.
Mo Si nodded. "As long as you’re not tired. Don’t overdo it."
After that, Jiang Qiuqiu shared some amusing stories from school with Mo Si, as well as things that had happened between her, her mentors, and her classmates.
They were all small, ordinary things without any drama, but in Qiuqiu’s telling, everything was veiled in a gentle warmth.
Every little drop of life seemed to be filled with thoughtful details.
It was these trivial little things that were most effective at helping one relax.
As Mo Si listened, the tension in his expression gradually eased.
Qiuqiu slowed her speaking pace even more.
A long time passed, yet it felt all too quick.
She had started the call in the afternoon, and in the blink of an eye, it was already eight or nine o’clock. The lights in her dorm were on, and her roommate would be back soon.
It was time for Mo Si to have dinner as well, so the call had to end.
"You should go eat. I’ve said everything I wanted to say today."
"Also, make sure you de-stress," Jiang Qiuqiu said, looking at him. "And I’m sorry that, as your partner, I can’t be by your side right now."
"War is brutal, and the pressure on you as the Commander must be immense. I want to help relieve some of that pressure, but I know it’s all on you. I don’t really know what to say... just try to relax a little."
"And another thing, stop saying you’re sorry. Just like how you looked so disapproving when I just apologized to you, I don’t like it when you apologize to me either."
"You’re a soldier, and that scores you a lot of points in my book. Because my Little Panda looks so handsome in his uniform, just so good-looking. The cape is super awesome, and when you put on the hat, you’re just devastatingly dashing." Jiang Qiuqiu even added little gestures as she praised Mo Si.
The straightforward praise made the man a little bashful.
"I love your cape, and I can handle anything that comes with loving it."
Including the waiting, the worrying, and the loneliness.
"Qiuqiu..."
"I’m here."
"I want a kiss."
"Pfft."
"You can’t kiss me through a screen."
He said, "Then don’t move. Get a little closer to the screen."
Jiang Qiuqiu leaned in.
Then, the forty-year-old man foolishly leaned in close to the light screen as well.
At a virtual point, a kiss was planted.
It touched nothing at all.
But the dryness in their hearts was suddenly filled to the brim.
It was nine o’clock.
Before hanging up the call.
Qiuqiu: When you get back, I’m going to fluff your ears.
Mo Si: When I get back, I’m going to kiss you.
In unison: Bring it on.